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The Latest Breaking News from Strictly

Strictly’s former finalists ‘really excited’ to return to Blackpool

The former contestants will revisit their best-known Strictly moments before coming together in a dance routine.

Evening Standard

Strictly star La Voix forced to withdraw completely due to injury

News was confirmed on Saturday’s live Blackpool show following advice from medical experts

The Independent UK

Strictly Come Dancing: Lewis Cope lands 40 as La Voix is forced to pull out

The Blackpool special took place after a turbulent week for hit BBC series

The Independent UK

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Strictly Come Misery – the dance show doesn’t need new presenters, it needs to end

IN FOCUS: As the BBC show faces yet another scandal, the ‘Strictly’ gig is either the most exciting vacancy in broadcasting right now or a poisoned chalice. But perhaps the real debate we should be having is whether it’s time to dim the lights for good. Katie Rosseinsky reports.

The Independent UK

Strictly rape arrest: Star arrested on suspicion of raping woman as show rocked by new scandal

The alleged incident took place just weeks after another male star of the BBC show was arrested in August on suspicion of rape

Evening Standard

Wynne Evans says Katya Jones Strictly scandal was ‘creepy’ and ‘totally stupid’

Evans says the experience had a severe impact on his mental health and spent time in hospital

The Independent UK

La Voix to miss this week’s Strictly Blackpool specials following injury

The 45-year-old, whose real name is Christopher Dennis, will receive a bye to next week’s episodes of the BBC dancing programme.

Evening Standard

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Strictly star La Voix pulls out of Blackpool episode after injury

Contestant left ‘devastated’ after withdrawing from this weekend’s competition

The Independent UK

Strictly mutiny as BBC boss backs Paddy McGuinness to be the new Claudia Winkleman

Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman announced they would be stepping down from hosting the show in a joint statement on Instagram

Evening Standard

Alan Carr 'lined up to host Strictly Come Dancing' after Celebrity Traitors triumph

Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly announced last month that they are quitting as hosts of Strictly

Evening Standard

Shirley Ballas’ future on Strictly revealed amid vile trolling and death threats

The 65-year-old has long been a victim of online trolling as a result of her position as head judge on the judging panel

Evening Standard

Kevin Clifton says Stacey Dooley would be ‘amazing’ Strictly Come Dancing host

The couple met when they danced together on the show in 2018.

Evening Standard

‘I made my point’: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink speaks out after Strictly elimination

Former footballer is the fourth contestant to be voted off 2025 series

The Independent UK

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink becomes fourth celebrity eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing

‘This experience is going to live with me forever,’ says former footballer following exit

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Reason BBC 'wants to stick with all-female Strictly hosts' is revealed after Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly exit

Several high-profile names have already been put forward for the next series in 2026

The Guardian - UK

Rylan, Alison Hammond ... Bill Bailey? Who could possibly replace Claudia and Tess on Strictly?

Now that Winkleman and Daly have stepped down, the race is on to find new presenters of Strictly Come Dancing. We look at the runners and riders who will have a very tough job on their hands

The Independent UK

Channing Tatum left confused over Strictly star Dianne Buswell’s pregnancy on One Show

‘Roofman’ actor seemed baffled when he learnt that ‘Strictly’ star was dancing as a ‘three’

Evening Standard

Strictly star Chris McCausland mugged at knifepoint by 'pathetic scumbags'

‘Both of them pressed flick knives into my stomach as a threat,’ the Strictly Come Dancing winner, 48, recalled

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The Independent UK

Strictly Come Dancing’s Stefan Dennis and Dianne Buswell share health update following ‘cover-up’ claim

Professional dancer Buswell was forced to deny claims that she was sick after they spread on Instagram over the weekend

Evening Standard

Stefan Dennis pulls out of Saturday’s Strictly Come Dancing due to illness

The 66-year-old Aussie and his dance partner Dianne Buswell will receive a bye to next week’s show.

The Independent UK

Alex Kingston reveals her shock womb cancer diagnosis: ‘I haemorrhaged one night on stage’

INTERVIEW: Exclusive: For the first time, the actor has opened up about the uterine cancer journey that led her to say yes to appearing on this year’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing’. She sits down with Helen Coffey to talk recovery, repping for superwomen over 60, and resisting the urge to get…

The Independent UK

Oti Mabuse: ‘Dance will always be a part of who I am’

The former Strictly Come Dancing professional talks to Lisa Salmon about life after the TV series and how she loves cooking with her daughter.

Evening Standard

Ben Cohen and Kristina Rihanoff 'back together' as they cosy up at party six months after split

The rugby star and Strictly pro split in March after 12 years together amid reports of serious money woes

The Independent UK

Strictly pro Nikita Kuzmin shares statement after celebrity partner quits series

‘So gutted to have finished our journey before it even started,’ BBC show’s professional dancer says

Evening Standard

Ross King says ‘my heart goes out’ to Dani Dyer-Bowen after Strictly exit

Entertainment presenter King said he thought BBC bosses might have Dyer-Bowen back for another series after she was forced to pull out due to injury.

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